The article presents analysis of network forms of educational cooperation in medical education as strategic resource of training competent specialists in conditions of technological and sociocultural transformations of health care. The theoretical foundations, organizational models and practices of network interaction between medical universities, scientific research institutions and industrial partners are considered. It is demonstrated that network cooperation contributes to integration of academic and clinical resources, support of flexibility of educational trajectories and formation of digital and interdisciplinary competencies. The special attention is paid to the Russian national experience and normative legal base of network education, as well as to prospects and challenges of its development. The conclusion is made about necessity of institutional support, digital infrastructure and mechanisms ensuring academic autonomy and quality in implementation of network models.

network education, medical universities, educational cooperation, digital competencies, academic mobility, interdisciplinarity, clinical practice, health care of the future.